Report details 128% increase in big storms over last half-century in highly populated Southern Michigan, greater increases to come in future CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014 – The kind of deluges that flooded Detroit this year and Grand Rapids last year are part of a 50-year trend of increasingly frequent extreme storms in[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Minnesotans Urge Pollution Control Agency to Act on Outdated Coal Plant Permits
DULUTH, Minn. –(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014. Today dozens of faith, health, youth and environmental groups and leaders submitted a letter calling for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to protect public health and act on Minnesota Power’s outdated air pollution permits for its Taconite Harbor and Clay Boswell coal plants. The[Read More…]
Analysis Details How State Disinvestment in Higher Education Has Coincided With an Explosion of Loan Debt for America’s Public College Students
Since the Great Recession, annual borrowing has increased by a median of nearly $1,300 per public college student, new CAP state-by-state analysis reveals Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014. State disinvestment in public institutions of higher education has coincided with an explosion of higher-education loan debt for America’s students, a new[Read More…]
Early Data Suggests Potentially Severe Flu Season
CDC Urges Vaccination, Treatment Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014. Early data suggests that the current 2014-2015 flu season could be severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges immediate vaccination for anyone still unvaccinated this season and recommends prompt treatment with antiviral drugs for people at high risk of[Read More…]
Build Clean Community Energy, Activists Tell UN Climate Talks
LIMA, PERU–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014 – One week before UN climate talks conclude here, Friends of the Earth International activists urged the participating 195 nations to start building clean, sustainable, community-based energy solutions. “We urgently need to decrease our energy consumption and push for a just transition to community-controlled renewable energy[Read More…]
ACLU Urges Gloucester School Board to Reject Harmful, Discriminatory Bathroom Policy
Says Assigning Transgender Students to Segregated Bathrooms Violates Federal Law RICHMOND –-(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia sent a letter yesterday to the Gloucester County School Board urging it to reject a proposed policy that would limit school restrooms and locker rooms to[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces $3.8 Million Settlement with Sirius XM
Sirius XM to Provide Restitution for Misleading Advertising & Billing Practices Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with the attorneys general of 44 states and the District of Columbia to announce that Sirius XM Radio Inc. of New York has agreed to pay $3.8 million and[Read More…]
Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Perez on November 2014 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2014. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the November 2014 Employment Situation report released today: “Robust job growth continued in November, with the addition of 321,000 new jobs, the most in a single month since January 2012. We’ve now had an[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Increases by 321,000 in November 2014; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 5.8%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2014. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 321,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains were widespread, led by growth in professional and business services, retail trade, health care, and manufacturing. Household Survey[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary Hagel on the Nomination of Ashton Carter
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014. Earlier today, President Obama announced that he will nominate Ashton Carter to succeed me as secretary of defense. Ash is a patriot and a leader. I strongly support his nomination. Over a distinguished career of public service, Ash has served eleven secretaries of defense. He has[Read More…]
